Estevan

Update - Police have identified the owner of the white truck and have determined the truck is not connected to the shooting. Further updates available in the story at the bottom of the page.

ORIGINAL STORY:

RCMP are providing an update on the shooting this weekend that took the life of a 44-year-old Weyburn woman.

Brianna Elliot has been named the recipient of the 2025 Reg Schellenberg Next Generation Legacy Award, the honour recognizing outstanding leadership in the Canadian Cattle Young Leaders (CYL) Program. 

This award celebrates individuals who embody the values championed by the late Reg Schellenberg - humble leadership, a commitment to mentorship, a spirit of collaboration, and unwavering dedication to the Canadian cattle industry. 

The empty seats at the board table for the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission have been filled.

New to the board are Malcolm Carnegie from Fillmore and Emiley Saunders of Borden. 

Four candidates have been nominated for three positions on the Board of Directors. 

The four nominees include Daniel Flynn of Lucky Lake, Robyn Henry of Hodgeville, Stuart Lawrence of Rosetown and Brennen Luck of Tisdale.

The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum has had a busy and inspiring summer, offering a mix of community programming and engaging exhibitions. Curator and director Tye Dandridge-Evancio shared that the gallery’s summer kids’ camp was fully booked and well-received, giving local youth a hands-on introduction to art.

With more than 100,000 bodies of water across the province, the Saskatchewan RCMP are reminding drivers to be prepared in case their vehicle becomes submerged.

“Drivers and passengers are at significant risk when a vehicle enters the water,” said Cpl. Jamie Diemert, coordinator of the Saskatchewan RCMP Underwater Recovery Team (URT). “Water can pour in through windows and doors, causing entrapment, and the situation can quickly become life-threatening. Knowing and practising an escape plan with your family can prepare you for this kind of emergency.”

The early-1960s revelation that British spy Kim Philby had worked for Moscow alarmed Canadian intelligence officials who feared that he had betrayed confidences gleaned from Soviet defector Igor Gouzenko, once-secret archival records show.

Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was recruited by Russian intelligence in the 1930s. He joined Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI-6, during the Second World War, rising through the ranks to become a senior liaison officer in Washington from 1949 to 1951.

Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna says the Justin Trudeau government's efforts to explain the consumer carbon price to Canadians were "half-hearted" — and just getting a meeting with the prime minister to discuss it "seemed impossible."

McKenna offers those behind-the-scenes details in her new autobiography, Run Like A Girl, which is being launched next week.

The NextAcre Real Estate Grain Rush made another stop this harvest season, this time at Marvin Hagel Farms. Marvin says his crew is “just over halfway done” with harvest, working steadily through a busy stretch of late summer.

On the farm, Marvin and his team are growing yellow peas, hard red spring wheat, canola, and flax. With about half a dozen people pitching in at different times, Marvin says the workload is heavy but the progress is steady.

Estevan residents had the chance to brighten someone’s day during the Community Wellness Group’s “Ripple of Kindness” event, held yesterday at the Estevan Public Youth Centre (EPYC). Originally planned outdoors, the event was moved indoors due to rainy weather.